7550 (v.9) Architecture and Culture 301

Area:

Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.0

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Australian and Western Australian architecture in a historical and cultural context.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Described and explained particular issues concerning Australian and Western Australian architectural history. Historicised architectural objects (such as buildings) in terms of cross-disciplinaryand contextual relationships. Researched, analysed and logically presented historical material.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Appleyard, R.T. and Manford, Toby. (1980), The Beginning: European Discovery and Early Settlement of Swan River Western Australia. Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press. Bingham-Hall, Patrick. (1999), Austral Eden: 200 Years of Australian architecture. Sydney, The Watermark Press. Boesma, Ian Lawrence. (1995), Construction Methods, Materials and Detailing of Vernacular Colonial Cottages in the South West. Unpublished Dissertation held in the Resource Centre School of Architecture Construction and Planning, Curtin University. Boyd, Robin. (1963), The Australian Ugliness. Ringwood Victoria, Penguin Books. Boyd, Robin. (1978), Australia's Home. Ringwood Victoria, Penguin Books. van Brunswijk, B. and Richards, D. (1994), Creating the Public Realm:Public Architecture in Western Australia 1890-2000. Perth, Library and Information Service of Western Australia and the Building Management Authority. Hanmer, Geoff. (1996), A Capital Affair: Changes in the Building Industry during the Interwar Period. Apaper delivered at the SAHANZ conference in Auckland October 1996. Johnson, Donald Leslie. (1980), Australian Architecture 1901-51: Sources of Modernism. Sydney, Sydney University Press.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Examination 40%, Tutorial Paper 40%, Tutorial Presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2004	Lim Kok Wing Inst Malaysia	Trimester 1A	Y